Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 96

This is the first time Anton has seen such a "trench" "player" who is so angry.

When I came to report to the club, I brought my coach, nutritionist and translator with me.

Anton: ...Why do you need to translate?

Until he found out that the other party's Liverpool accent was indeed very strong, not only he, a foreigner, could not understand, even Martin, Russell and several "northeast" natives could not understand what Flanagan was saying.

However, Anton had to admit that the attitude of the young player was very good, and he expressed his gratitude to Anton for "taking in" him.Although his entourage looked very dandy, Flanagan himself did not appear dandy.

Anton thought over and over again, and finally decided to invite Flanagan's personal trainer and nutritionist to join Sunderland's team as "non-staff" personnel, usually serving all Sunderland players, lest other players feel that Flanagan Gan received too much special treatment.

As for the "interpreter", Anton invited him back to Merseyside.

He has only one request for Flanagan: to integrate as soon as possible, which of course includes making others understand what he is talking about.

The arrival of Flanagan made Sunderland's boss Short happy.

The "season ticket price increase" incident that he was most worried about was completely forgotten by Short immediately after Flanagan's arrival.

For the entry of its own "Prince", the Flanagan Group provided Sunderland with a "pocket" plan for ticket revenue.

That is to say, as long as all the tickets for the Stadium of Light next season are not sold out one hour before the start of the game, the tickets will automatically be assigned to the Flanagan Group, and the group will pay the fee according to the face value.

These "covered" tickets will be used by the Flanagan Group to entertain relationship customers in the Northeast region on a daily basis.

Boss Short also knows in his heart: this is just the treatment of Jon Flanagan Jr. in the reserve team.

If Flanagan can be promoted to the first team by Sunderland, then the Flanagan Group is probably willing to take over the entire Stadium of Light, and then invite all the people of Sunderland to watch the game for free and cheer for his prince.

While owner Short was having fun with the budget for next season, Anton and Russell were watching Flanagan play on the court.

——The young man passed the ball with a "bang" kick, and at the same time rushed straight towards the opponent's penalty area along the right line.

Russell: "Not bad, better than I expected!"

Anton: "I went to talk to the personal trainer of the prince. The coach said that he is usually responsible for training physical fitness, fighting, and basic footwork. The rest of the time, Flanagan watches the game video to find his feelings."

Russell scratched his head: "Not bad!"

This "rich second generation" did not allow any football coach to imprint too many marks on himself, but laid a solid foundation one by one.This is easier for Anton and Russell. He only needs to give Flanagan a little advice, and the young man can play the game.

"I also think it's good. It happens that there is a shortage of people on the right side. Let him drag behind Colbeck and try it out!"

Both Anton and Russell gave Flanagan the green light, and the "rich second generation" was promoted to the first team.

As far as Sunderland is concerned, signing Flanagan is also a timely help for the club, alleviating the financial strain caused by promotion and the anxiety of owner Short.

But the signings of Sunderland's defense still failed to complete.Anton took to heart Wenger's advice to him: his defense must not be full of teenagers.Sunderland still needs some experienced players, even if they can bring along young players.

Not long after, good news finally came from Spain. Villarreal nodded and let go. The team's main central defender, Uruguayan Diego Godin, will move to Sunderland for 1200 million pounds.

The Uruguayan made his national team debut at the World Cup in South Africa just past, making six appearances and helping Uruguay reach the semi-finals.So his worth is much higher than two months ago.

The boss of Short is very distressed by the transfer fee of 1200 million pounds. After all, Eriksson, who was transferred from Danchao last time, is economical and easy to use, only 200 million euros.Why does a defender cost 1200 million pounds now?

Anton: Eriksson? ...that is the internal price.

Soon, the day for the players to report will come.

Two German teenagers, Hummels and Reus, "colluded" in Germany. The future teammates first met on their own and then rushed to Sunderland together.

Godin reported directly from Spain.

Eriksson returned to Mayswood Road after spending his vacation in Denmark. Without further ado, he took up a room next to Anton's.

Then came the players from England: Vardy, Henderson, Pickford, Colbeck... Flanagan.

In just one or two days, the public relations department of the Sunderland club has been busy announcing the news of players joining and preparations for the new season.

The folks in Sunderland said they were all squatting on their own trees to read official tweets:

"Oh, Royce is in Sunderland!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I saw him last time at Wembley, he's handsome!"

"What? And a Hummels by the way?"

"The young man is not shabby-looking—I trust Anton's vision!"

"What? Signed another Godin?"

"1200 million! Ouch my little heart!"

"Since when did Boss Short become so generous?"

"Calm down—expensive things are good, as Anton said."

"Any more?"

"There is another rich second generation—the son of the Flanagan family, have you heard of it?"

"..."

"I think I can go down the tree."

When the fans were shouting for the new season's signings on the tree, the Guangming Academy was in order.As well as the players who have reported on, there are some new recruits (such as those two from Merseyside).The human resources department is busy with physical examinations and signing paperwork in an orderly manner...

Anton is meeting with his players:

"Marco, it's good to see you again!"

"Welcome, Matz, I'm Anton, head coach of Sunderland."

"Diego, welcome to Sunderland. This year's World Cup, I went to the scene to watch several Uruguay games. Your performance is very good..."

It has to be said that Anton does have a set of skills in communicating with people. Every player who comes to Sunderland, apart from being amazed by the youth of the head coach, feels that the head coach attaches great importance to himself and understands his vision.

At the same time, under the promotion of Anton, these players quickly became familiar with Sunderland's existing lineup.The poor-spoken Pickford recognized Royce, and quickly recognized Hummels, and then brought the Uruguayan in for a chat. The topic the players were talking about was: "Guess who is the least capable among us?" chat!"

Henderson: —Cut, I won't play with you!

Just then, Anton answered a call.

So everyone in the Guangming Academy saw that Anton seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit, and he floated forward with a smile all over his face, just holding his phone and nodding, and kept saying "okay".

After he hung up the phone, he turned around and found that the players in the room were all looking at him.

Anton wasn't embarrassed at all.

"Guess who is going to join our team?"

— Who can guess that?

"Master Coach, at least give me some hints!"

"It's the captain of Liverpool..."

Before Anton finished speaking, he was already shocked.

Flanagan, the "townsman" from Liverpool, was the first to be dumbfounded, staring at Anton, feeling that he was talking about something impossible.

"Could it be... Gerald?"

The players are dumbfounded.

"No, it's the one before Gerrard, the Finn, Hyypia!"

"I see--"

The players patted their hearts. Just now, Anton was so frightened that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.

But Anton still couldn't hide his joy.

This is exactly his dream signing.

Sami Hyypia, a Finn, a meritorious player for Liverpool, and the old captain before Gerrard.

He joined Liverpool in 1999. From 2000 to 2009, he participated in all of Liverpool's European games. He performed steadily and is a rare defensive backbone for Liverpool.

But Hyypia is now 36 years old, and he is not far from retirement.He chose to leave Liverpool at the end of the 2008-09 season to join Bundesliga Bayer Leverkusen.Even so, the Finn was still selected to the best team of the Bundesliga last season.

The most wonderful thing is that Hyypia’s contract with Leverkusen is signed year by year, so he is now a free agent and transferred to Sunderland. Sunderland does not need to pay extra to Leverkusen. transfer fees.

Perhaps Hyypia also felt that he was about to retire, and wanted to "use his remaining heat" and bring new players.So after Sunderland contacted him, Hyypia agreed to "come and have a look".

And Anton was so happy that he floated into the sky just because of Hypia's words "come and see".

If Hyypia can be signed, he will not only sign a central defender, he will also sign a spiritual leader on the back line, plus a ready-made defensive coach.

"Guys, Hypia hasn't agreed to join Sunderland yet. He came here this time just to say he wants to meet us." Anton explained to all the members, "But I assure you, he will be a rare one." friend."

"So, let's think of a way, how to welcome Mr. Hypia's arrival, and let him feel our sincerity!"

When Semi Hypia was sitting in the conference room of Guangming College, he was surprised to find that the people in the conference room were all sitting across from each other.Therefore, the huge meeting room seems sparse.

So the Finn curiously asked the young man sitting opposite him.

And the "young man" opposite him happened to be Anton. Seeing Hypia's question, he slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said briskly, "This is because we are all Finns in spirit—"Jingfen" for short."

When Anton spoke, all the staff and players in the meeting room tried their best not to laugh.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

In the end, it was the Finn who couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Okay, okay—for your young sense of humor—"

Hypia said happily.

The coaching staff and the players looked at each other: it turned out that the Finns thought it was a sense of humor!

But in fact, they are serious, and they are serious about being "Jingfen" to welcome the Finns.

"I... I'd love to stay and see what kind of team you guys are."

The author has something to say: The folks go up the tree to look forward to the new aid, the part from Arsenal's "up the tree stalk"